Porridge vs. Crowdie — What's the Difference?

Porridge is a food commonly eaten as a breakfast cereal dish, made by boiling ground, crushed or chopped starchy plants—typically grain—in milk. It is often cooked or served with added flavourings such as sugar, honey, (dried) fruit or syrup to make a sweet cereal, or it can be mixed with spices, meat or vegetables to make a savoury dish.

Crowdie is a type of soft, fresh cheese made from cows' milk, traditionally from Scotland.The cheese was traditionally made for domestic use by crofters and smallholders in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, using milk from the family cow. Its origins date as far back as the Viking era and possibly even earlier to the time of the Picts.Crowdie is a variety of lactic cheese.

A dish consisting of oatmeal or another meal or cereal boiled in water or milk.

A soft white cheese made from soured milk.

Time spent in prison

Porridge; gruel.

A soft food made by boiling oatmeal or another meal in water or milk.

Gruel or thin porridge.

A dish made of grain or legumes, milk and/or water, heated and stirred until thick and typically eaten for breakfast.

A Scottish form of cottage cheese.

Oatmeal porridge.

Rice porridge; congee.

A prison sentence.

(rare) A type of thick soup or stew, especially thickened with barley.

A food made by boiling some leguminous or farinaceous substance, or the meal of it, in water or in milk, making of broth or thin pudding; as, barley porridge, milk porridge, bean porridge, etc.

Soft food made by boiling oatmeal or other meal or legumes in water or milk until thick